norman conquest timeline Flashcards
when did Edward the confessor die
January 1066
when was Harold Godwinson’s coronation
6th January 1060
when was the battle of Standford bridge
25th September 1066
when did the Normans invade England
28th September 1066
when was the battle of Hastings
14th October 1066
when did the witan officially surrender
December 1066
when was William’s coronation
25th December 1066
when did William start building long scale castles
1068
when was the harrying of the north
1068 to 1069
when did William die
1087
who were the three candidates for the throne
Harald Hardrada
Harold Godwinson
William, Duke of Normandy
What was the harrying of the north
when William reacted to the rebellion.
he and his soldiers went around killing people, burning villages, livestock crops, and herds.
this brought a great famine on the north causing the death of more than 10,000 people
